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Senate hears competing views on procurement exemption for water commissioners
Summary
House Bill 60 would exempt water commissioners from parts of the state procurement code to ease small purchases in the field. Senators debated past mismanagement, whether the funds are "taxpayer" dollars or water-user funds, and accepted an amendment that preserves procurement oversight; the bill was circled for further work.
House Bill 60, sponsored by Senator Dayton, would allow water commissioners to make certain purchases outside the full state procurement process because commissioners often work in remote locations and need to buy small items quickly.
Dayton argued the water users' funds are generated locally and that requiring purchases through the centralized state procurement system is impractical: "They shouldn't have to go through the state engineer's office to purchase whatever is needed." He…
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